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Reg Butler

Reg Butler

1913

WA-00026464

Sculpture

Representation

None documented

19

Institutional Exhibitions

34

Works in Collection

52

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ570353 ULAN500000379

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Thirty Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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British Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Drawings from the Kr�ller-M�ller National Museum, Otterlo

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964–1965

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Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Selections from the Art Lending Service

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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New Images of Man

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/900
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/reg-butler
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Reg Butler was a British sculptor who pioneered welded steel construction as a primary medium in postwar European art. Working primarily in iron and steel, he created abstract monumental forms that synthesized constructivist principles with organic, figural references. His open-frame sculptures and maquettes established welded metal as a central language for modernist abstraction in the 1950s. Butler's practice bridged geometric formalism and humanist concerns, influencing subsequent generations of steel sculptors.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (34)

1973 · Pencil on paper

27 x 39 3/8" (68.6 x 100 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1972 · Pencil on paper

27 1/4 x 40 3/8" (69.2 x 102.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1970 · Graphite and charcoal on paper

37 1/4 x 27 in. (94.6 x 68.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Girl on a Round Base

Girl on a Round Base

1968 · Bronze, glass and hair on bronze base

overall: 815 x 1575 x 1092 mm, 271.5 kg

Girl

1968 · Lithograph on paper

image: 537 x 759 mm

Tower

1968 · Lithograph on paper

image: 651 x 467 mm

Girl on a Round Base

19 × 22 1/4 × 21 7/8 in., 50 lb. (48.3 × 56.5 × 55.6 cm, 22.7 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Musée Imaginaire

Musée Imaginaire

1963 · Bronze and wood

object: 800 x 1213 x 120 mm

Bust from the "Musée imaginaire" series

3 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 3/4 in., 0.4 lb. (9.5 × 3.8 × 4.4 cm, 0.2 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure in Space

Figure in Space

1963 · Lithograph

composition: 23 3/4 x 18 1/16" (60.3 x 45.8cm); sheet: 25 3/4 x 19 13/16" (65.4 x 50.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Figure in Space

Figure in Space

1962 · Lithograph on paper

image: 606 x 457 mm

Italian Girl

1962 · Lithograph on paper

image: 343 x 492 mm

Saint Catherine

with base: 55.6 cm (21 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head and Shoulders

Head and Shoulders

1957 · Pencil on paper

18 7/8 x 25" (47.8 x 63.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Working Model for ‘The Unknown Political Prisoner’

Working Model for ‘The Unknown Political Prisoner’

1955 · Steel and bronze on plaster base

object: 2238 x 879 x 854 mm

Ophelia

1955 · Bronze on wooden base

object: 544 x 185 x 135 mm

H. 37-1/2, W. 20, D. 13-1/2 in. (95.3 x 50.8 x 34.3 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1955 · Lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

Head Upturned

1954 · Lithograph

composition: 14 5/8 x 10 3/8" (37.2 x 26.4cm); sheet: 16 1/16 x 11" (40.8 x 28cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Girl

object: 1778 x 406 x 241 mm, 120.6 kg (25.6kg figure / 95kg base)

Girl

68 3/8 x 13 3/4 x 12 1/4" (173.7 x 34.9 x 31 cm) including base

Museum of Modern Art

1953 · Painted iron

47 1/8 x 17 1/4 x 16 3/4" (119.5 x 43.6 x 42.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Circe Head

object: 430 x 235 x 215 mm, 10.8 kg

33 1/2" x 6' 1" x 21 5/8" (85.1 x 185.4 x 54.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

34 published of 46 catalogued · 31 with image

Tate
17 published17 img
MoMA
12 publishedof 24 catalogued14 img
The Met
4 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Saint Catherine
1959 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Woman
1949 · Tate · 1 prov
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Girl on a Round Base
1968 · Tate · 1 prov
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Study for Head of Watcher
1951 · Tate · 1 prov
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Ophelia
1955 · Tate · 1 prov
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Italian Girl
1962 · Tate · 1 prov
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Study for Woman Resting
1950 · Tate · 1 prov
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Crouching Woman
1948 · Tate · 1 prov
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Study for Head of Watcher
1951 · Tate · 1 prov
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Study for Head of Watcher
1951 · Tate · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artwork: Girl (1968)

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Artsy artwork: Tower (1968)

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Artsy artwork: Girl (1968)

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Reg Butler (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Artsy artist portrait

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Relationships

2

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate